TALK MORE ABOUT THAT STRAIGHT AHEAD. BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU, TROY. SHAKE SHACK IS OFFICIALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PEOPLE HAVE LINED UP. OPENING COMES WITH MIXED EMOTIONS BECAUSE IT IS NEAR THE NEW TRADER JOES AT THE INTERSECTION OF MORRIS BOULEVARD ON U.S. HIGHWAY 1792. LOCAL 6'S MARK LAYMAN WAS THERE. REPORTER: AMONGST THE EXCITEMENT, SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR. IT IS LOOKING LIKE A SCENE STRAIGHT OUT OF BLACK FRIDAY. EXCITED WE FINALLY HAVE ONE IN ORLANDO. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] REPORTER: DOZENS LINED UP FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA'S FIRST SHAKE SHACK. NEW YORK BASED EATERY CAN BE KNOWN FOR ITS EXCITED FANS. IT IS THE A CULT FOLLOWING. FANTASTIC BURGERS AND SHAKES. REPORTER: IT MIGHT BE SHORT ON PARKING SPOTS. LOCATION MIGHT BE HAVING PARKING ISSUES. REPORTER: THESE FANS SAY IT IS ALL WORTH IT IN THE END VENLT I THINK IT WILL BE A SMALL SACRIFICE. REALLY EXCITING TIME. TO BE WAITING IN THE HOT SUN MUST BE SOMETHING. REPORTER: TAKE YOUR TIME, ENJOY YOURSELF, HAVE FRIES AND SHACK BURGER.

WINTER PARK, Fla. -

There was busy traffic during lunchtime around a popular Winter Park shopping plaza Wednesday.

The burger chain Shake Shack opened in Winter Park's Lakeside plaza located on U.S. Highway 17-92.

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Dozens of people crowded into the restaurant around 11 a.m., many of them have been looking forward to the grand opening for weeks.

"I'm a huge Shake Shack fan, followed them for years," said Jung Lee, who was first in line. "Excited that we finally have one here in Orlando."

It is not the first location in Florida, but it's the first in Central Florida. The three other Florida locations are in Boca Raton, Coral Gables and South Beach.

Shake Shack isn't the only business to recently open in the shopping plaza. Central Florida's first Trader Joe's opened in June. All 150 parking spaces were filled before the grocery store opened its doors.

Today's opening presented some parking challenges, but most said the food is worth the wait.

"For the people that are devoted, it will be a small sacrifice," said Lee. "It just might take you a little while longer to find a parking spot."

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